# Survivor: Tocantins 2/26 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594 "2009-02-27T01:23:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/21 "2009-02-27T14:52:13Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Well, he’s definitely legal. He’s 19. And yes, he is the only openly gay contestant this year. Well, openly to us. I don’t know if he’s shared that news with his tribemates yet. I don’t remember him sharing that information even with us. I remember his happy dance at the river, but I don’t remember him coming out and saying “I’m a gay Mormon”. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/22 "2009-02-27T15:08:04Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I don’t remember him sharing that information even with us. I remember his happy dance at the river, but I don’t remember him coming out and saying “I’m a gay Mormon”. Are you conflating Spencer (the cornfed Middle American cute college kid) and Tyson (the skinny, annoying professional bike racer with the face that looks like a leech)? (Bias? I have no bias. You must be mistaken.) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/23 "2009-02-27T15:09:54Z")
I took Sandy’s “sex kitten” comment as a joke - she was laughing, wasn’t she? Coach is a tool of the highest order. Asst. Coach made me laugh at times. However, he said something on the private cam that skeeved me out because he seemed so sincere. Something about laughing when other people’s dreams are crushed? And I don’t think he was talking about Coach. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/24 "2009-02-27T15:15:15Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Poor poor Jerry, I was rooting for him in the beginning. It was the best idea to get rid of him though. Agreed on both counts. My wife and I have $5 bets on which one will go further. I had Jerry. This is the second loss for me out of the seasons I have watched. I missed the first two seasons. Right now I’m for Taj because of her connection (wifely) to Eddie George, an ex-Titan of extreme class and charisma. At first I was like “what!?” with Taj and Eddie, but I checked it out and she’s for real. Coach needs to go. After Taj I’m pulling for the Alabama pair. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/25 "2009-02-27T15:15:58Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Are you conflating Spencer (the cornfed Middle American cute college kid) and Tyson (the skinny, annoying professional bike racer with the face that looks like a leech)? Apparently I am. I can’t tell all these skinny, young, pale guys apart. This season is pretty decent so far, but I’ll be happy once we’re further along and I start being able to tell these people apart. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/26 "2009-02-27T15:35:34Z")
> [@](#): > > I took Sandy’s “sex kitten” comment as a joke - she was laughing, wasn’t she? Yeah, she was. The “sex kitten” comment was made as the whole tribe was rolling out of bed. I heard "Wow, I’m a real sex kitten this morning \ " which I took as “boy, I bet I look like hell, oh well” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/27 "2009-02-27T16:21:37Z")
Okay, maybe it was a joke – she was definitely snuggled up to that young man, though. Has there been any evidence that she’s looked for the HII – or made any effort to find out what a “pace” or a “palm tree” might be? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/28 "2009-02-27T16:28:17Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Okay, maybe it was a joke – she was definitely snuggled up to that young man, though. > > Has there been any evidence that she’s looked for the HII – or made any effort to find out what a “pace” or a “palm tree” might be? I’ll not place any money on it, but I suspect that whole issue of “pace” was for the benefit of the camera, to indicate to the viewers at home that she really had no clue to life as we know it. It worked on me. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/29 "2009-02-27T16:40:27Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Has there been any evidence that she’s looked for the HII – or made any effort to find out what a “pace” or a “palm tree” might be? It’s too late. Jalapao has already gone to TC. That idol is now useless (if it’s even still buried ten paces from anywhere). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/30 "2009-02-27T16:43:46Z")
Why? The HII is good until the Final 2(3). Jalapao will be going back to TC sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/31 "2009-02-27T16:45:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Why? The HII is good until the Final 2(3). Jalapao will be going back to TC sooner or later. Sandy’s clue said that particular HII was only good the first time her tribe went to TC. The one hidden in the ass of the tree mail guardian is the “real” HII and that’s the one that’s good until the end. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/32 "2009-02-27T16:45:43Z")
Ah. I had forgotten that. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/33 "2009-02-27T16:55:44Z")
You know, if I was Sandy or Sierra, I would still look for it. I wouldn’t waste all my energy on it, but having a idol, even if it’s no good, can be a very powerful thing, as last season showed us. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/34 "2009-02-27T16:57:32Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > The one hidden in the ass of the tree mail guardian is the “real” HII and that’s the one that’s good until the end. Heeee! I’m going to start abbreviating it HIF. Hidden Immunity Fex\*. \*Fex is, believe it or not, the anglicized singular of feces. The things you learn on the internet! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/35 "2009-02-27T17:03:22Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > You know, if I was Sandy or Sierra, I would still look for it. I wouldn’t waste all my energy on it, but having a idol, even if it’s no good, can be a very powerful thing, as last season showed us. Fer sher. Of course, the producers might have removed it when the question became moot. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/36 "2009-02-27T17:04:26Z")
Other than Coach further expanding the seeming limitless boundaries of his douchebaggery, this episode was a snoozer for me… I hated that they tried to make it look like Erinn was going to be voted out, when the tribe was clearly united in voting out the Sargent… there must have been discussions among the tribe and Jerry, and the lack of drama was evident. If we didn’t have Erinn calling out Coach at TC, they could’ve done a Medical Evacuation and skipped TC all-together. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/37 "2009-02-27T17:06:20Z")
Aaaaagh! Survivor was pre-empted here for college basketball! Hope they aired it later and my DVR got it. If not…grrrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/38 "2009-02-27T17:16:30Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Aaaaagh! Survivor was pre-empted here for college basketball! Hope they aired it later and my DVR got it. If not…grrrrrrr. It’s one of the “TV Series” they have on Comcast’s On Demand list, if that helps in your case. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/39 "2009-02-27T18:03:28Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Aaaaagh! Survivor was pre-empted here for college basketball! Hope they aired it later and my DVR got it. If not…grrrrrrr. Watch it at [CBS.com](http://CBS.com), they have full episodes. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/40 "2009-02-27T18:14:40Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Oh, and…SHUT UP, PROBST! What the hell is the use of trying to put together a secret strategy if you’re going to be nudging the rest of their tribes in the ribs every damn time. “Didja notice that? Huh? Didja?” Fuck you! Huh? 😕😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594.md?page=3)